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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 6

INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANTS

ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING BY DEVELOPMENT

STAGE ENTERPRISES
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Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 6, Accounting and Reporting by

Development Stage Enterprises, was adopted by a meeting of the Indonesian Accounting
Principles Committee on August 24, 1994 and was ratified by the National Council of the
Indonesian Institute of Accountants on September 7, 1994.

Compliance with the policies contained in this Statement is not obligatory in the case of
immaterial items.

Jakarta, 7 September 1997

National Council
The Indonesian Institute of Accountants

Indonesian Accounting Principles Committee

Hans Kartikahadi Chairperson

Jusuf Halim Secretary
Hein G. Surjaatmadja Member
Katjep K. Abdoelkadir Member
Wahjudi Prakarsa Member
Jan Hoesada Member
M. Ashadi Member
Mirza Mochtar Member
IPG Ary Suta Member
Sobo Sitorus Member
Timoty Marnandus Member
Mirawati Soedjono Member
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CONTENTS

Paragraph

INTRODUCTION 01
Objective
Scope 01

EXPLANATION 02-04
Identification of Development Stage Enterprises 02-04

STATMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD NO. 6

ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING BY
DEVELOPMENT STAGE ENTERPRISES 05-10
Accounting and Financial Reporting 05-08
Transition 09
Effective Date 10

INTRODUCTION
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In the past, many development stage enterprises often followed special accounting practices
and financial reporting that different from established enterprises. This practice included
capitalization or deferral of charges on all expenses without considering the probability of
recovery or subtracting the expenses from revenues. Alternatively, some development stage
enterprises present financial statements in ways that are not different from established
enterprises, that is accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Objective

This Statement prescribes the accounting treatment and reporting for development stage
enterprises.

Scope

01 This Statement should be applied in all financial statements presented by a new

enterprise, by subsidiary of an established operating enterprise, or by other investment units
still in the development stage. This Statement does not alter or amend generally accepted
accounting principles with respect to an established business in expansion phases, extractive
industries in exploration or development stages, or real estate firms developing properties.

EXPLANATION

Identifying Companies in Development Stage

02 A enterprise is recognized as a development stage enterprise in this Statement if it

fulfills these two requirements:

(a) the enterprise devotes efforts to establishing the new enterprise; and

(b) it fulfills one of the two requirements explained in paragraph 4.

03 Establishing a new enterprise generally includes activities such as financial budgeting,

research and development, searching for suppliers, purchasing fixed assets and other
operational assets such as the right to explore for natural resources, recruitment and employee
training, developing markets and production experiments.

04 One of these two requirements should be fulfilled:

(a) principal operations should not have commenced; or

(b) principal operations should have generated only a significant amount of revenue.
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD NUMBER 6

ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING BY DEVELOPMENT STAGE ENTERPRISES

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 6 consists of paragraphs 5-10. This

Statement should be read in the context of paragraphs 1-4.

Accounting and Financial Reporting

05 Financial statements issued by development stage enterprises present:

(a) financial position, cash flows, and results of pre-operations in accordance with general
accepted accounting principles in Indonesia applied to established operating enterprises;
and

(b) the information required in paragraph 6.

Generally accepted accounting principles are applied to every development stage enterprise,
either in recognizing revenue or in determining whether costs should be expensed, or is to be
capitalized or deferred for amortization in future periods. Deferral of costs is limited to those
that provide a future benefit, including organization set up costs.

06 Primary financial statements and other information that have to be presented include:

(a) a balance sheet, including accumulated losses that should be described with a clear title,
such as “deficit accumulates during the development stage” in the equity section;

(b) an income statement showing revenues and expenses for each period being presented,
including a running cumulative total of both amounts from the enterprise’s
inception;

(c) a cash flow statement reflecting sources and uses of cash and cash equivalents for each
period, including a cumulative total from the enterprise’s inception;

(d) for every issuance, a separate statement of stockholders’ equity showing from the
enterprise’s inception:

(i) the date and number of shares or equity instruments;

(ii) amount of money (per share and in total) either in cash or non-cash
consideration received in exchange for stocks or other equity instruments
issued by the enterprise;

(iii) amount and nature of non-cash consideration, and the basis for its valuation.

07 The financial statements should be identified as those of a development stage enterprise

and contain a description of the nature of the development stage business activities.
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08 The financial statements for the first year in which an enterprise is no longer considered
to be in the development stage shall disclose that in prior years it had been in the
development stage. If financial statements for prior years are presented for comparative
purposes, the cumulative amounts and other additional disclosures required by paragraphs 6
and 7 need to be shown.

Transition Period

09 A enterprise that has capitalized pre-operating expense before the implementation of

this Statement can charge to expense the remaining balance of the pre-operating expenses in
the current year or may amortize the remaining balance over a period of not more than 3
years. This change in accounting policy should be applied prospectively.

Effective Date

10 This Statement becomes effective for financial statements covering periods beginning
on or after 1 January 1995. Earlier application is highly recommended.